PIA
PIA will be privatised by 1st Oct. 2024
ISLAMABAD: Secretary of the Privatisation Commission has told Senate Standing Committee here on Thursday that denationalisation of PIA process would be completed by 1st October, 2024. It is pertinent to…
IADA adds 8 new members
BOISE (Idaho): The International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) recently added eight new members, including three IADA-Accredited Dealers and five IADA-Verified Products and Services Members. This expansion brings the organization’s total…
Utility Stores
Govt plans to shut all Utility Stores down
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Industries and Production on Friday (23rd August, 2024) has confirmed that Govt of Pakistan, determined to get out of non-essential businesses and reduce expenses, was planning to…
Wildlife Board ordered by SCP to take possession of Monal
ISLAMABAD: Wildlife Management Board has been asked by the SCP on Wednesday (21st August, 2024) to take possession of eateries (Monal, La Montana & Gloria Jeans) that were operating from…
Petroleum
Petrol price slashed by Rs.8.47/L, HSD by Rs.6.7/L
ISLAMABAD: Government has reduced the price of Petrol by Rs. 8.47 per litre and High Speed Diesel by Rs. 6.7 per litre. Finance Division stated in its Tuesday (13th August,…
Pakistan Business Forum delegation calls on Governor KP
PESHAWAR: A delegation consisting of leading (Pakistan-Origin) businessmen based in France, Italy and UK, called on KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi here at Governor House on Friday (2nd August, 2024).…
Pakistan Gate Torkham
Afghan drivers sans TAD can’t enter Pakistan
TORKHAM BORDER: On Thursday (1st August, 2024) cargo trucks did not move as their drivers did not have Temporary Admission Document (TAD) on them. Afghan border guards also stopped Pakistani…
Anti-Inflation Dharna: Mass electricity bill strike
RAWALPINDI: JI Chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman addressing the participants of the Anti-Inflation Dharna on Monday (29th July, 2024) said he could ask citizens to stop paying the electricity bills. A couple…
SBP cuts the key interest rate to 19.5 from 20.5pc
KARACHI: SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed, while talking to journalists at a Presser held here on Monday (29th July, 2024) informed that the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP had decided…
Farnborough Air Show 2024: $ 105B worth of deals signed
FARNBOROUGH (UK): During the Farnborough Air Show (22nd to 26th of July) 2024, deals worth $ 105 Billion were signed. FARNBOROUGH (UK): On the 4th day (25th July, 2024) of…
93 percent state jobs in BD open to competition
DHAKA: The Bangladesh govt said on Tuesday (24th July, 2024) that henceforth 93 percent of state jobs would be open to competition as ordered by the SCB. Following the death…
Farnborough Int’l Airshow 2024, Day 3: JEKTA & Seaplane Asia sign agreement for 14 PHA-ZE 100 aircraft
FARNBOROUGH (UK): JEKTA Switzerland, the developer of the zero-emissions PHA-ZE 100 amphibious aircraft and Seaplane Asia signed an agreement here on Wednesday (24th July, 2024) to add 14 PHA-ZE 100…
FPCCI to challenge IPP agreements in SCP
ISLAMABAD: Taking to the Twitter (X) on Tuesday (23rd July, 2024) Dr. Gohar Ejaz has revealed that FPCCI would challenge the IPP agreements in SCP. It is pertinent to mention…
Farnborough Int’l Airshow 2024: JEKTA and ZeroAvia to partner on hydrogen-electric amphibious aircraft
FARNBOROUGH (UK): JEKTA, the Switzerland-based developer of the zero-emissions PHA-ZE 100 amphibious aircraft has announced here on Monday (22nd July, 2024) that it has selected ZeroAvia’s fuel cell power generation…
Bourse
Karachi Stock Exchange surges to 81,518 points
KARACHI: Stock Exchange here, after 2-day closure due to Muharram, gained 362 points on Thursday (18th July, 2024) and with an increase of 0.44% reached an unprecedented 81,518 points. It…
Petrol, diesel prices augmented
ISLAMABAD: GoP on Monday (15th July, 2024) has augmented the prices of Petrol and High Speed Diesel (HSD) for the 2nd half of July, 2024. With a hike of Rs.…
Karachi Stock Exchange Bullish on 1st trading day
KARACHI: On the first trading day of the week (Monday 15th July, 2024) Karachi Stock Exchange has seen an increase of 1400 points enabling PSX 100-Index cross the psychological barrier…
Flour Mills owners call off strike for 10 days
ISLAMABAD (NPTV/Radio Pakistan): PFMA has postponed their strike till 22nd of this month. This decision to this effect was announced during a meeting between the PFMA delegation and members of…
Flour Mills continue strike against withholding tax
KARACHI: Hundreds of mills all over the country did not crush wheat for the second day (on Friday 12th July, 2024) on the strike call given by Pakistan Flour Mills…
PM for upgradation of Ports
KARACHI: PM Shehbaz Sharif, during his visit to the Metropolis on Sunday (7th July, 2024) has said that the coalition government was taking priority measures to augment the volume of…
PIA’s Operation Ashura, special flights to Najaf
KARACHI: In order to facilitate the Shia zaireen during Muharram, PIA has launched special flights for Najaf. According to details the initiative has been named Operation Ashura and the return…
Petrol pumps to remain closed on 5th July in protest
KARACHI: 13,000 Petrol Pumps, all over Pakistan. will remain closed from 6am Friday (5th July, 2024) due to a strike call given by the Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) against…
SCO Summit: Shehbaz for Barter trade with Russia
PM Shehbaz Sharif, while talking to President Vladimir Putin here on Wednesday (3rd July, 2024) on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, recalled Pak-USSR barter trade during 1950s…
Bourse
KSE crosses milestone of 80K points
KARACHI: Thanks to the augmenting crude oil prices in the world, possibility of strong payouts by the oil sector and the encouraging talks with IMF, the bulls were seen raging…